Not many would have predicted Bournemouth to win the Championship title this season, but they did just that.

The Cherries finished ahead of traditional ‘giants’ such as Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, Derby County and Middlesbrough in the Championship table, and there is every possibility that they will be able to remain in the Premier League for the 2016-17 season.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.